The Australian Government Department of Health established the OzFoodNet network in 2000 to collaborate nationally to investigate foodborne disease. In each Australian state and territory OzFoodNet epidemiologists investigate outbreaks of enteric infection. OzFoodNet conducts studies on the burden of illness and coordinates national investigations into outbreaks of foodborne disease. This quart...

Enteric infections Outbreaks of suspected foodborne disease Nine outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease, thought to be due to the consumption of contaminated food and which affected a total of 64 people, were reported for January and February 2012. This is half as many outbreaks reported for the same period last year. These outbreaks were linked to restaurants or cafes (7), a private residence (...

INTRODUCTION Millions of U.S. residents become ill from foodborne pathogens each year. Most foodborne outbreaks occur among small groups of persons in a localized area. However, because many foods are distributed widely and rapidly, and because detection methods have improved, outbreaks that occur in multiple states and that even span the entire country are being recognized with increasing freq...

Contagious animal disease outbreaks are of great economic importance. Decisions on how to control outbreaks have to be made taking into account many uncertainties. These uncertainties are included in a simulation model for the economic evaluation of foot-and-mouth disease control strategies. Starting point in the economic simulation is the spatial and stochastic simulation of disease spread. Im...

Introduction: Millions of U.S. residents become ill from foodborne pathogens each year. Most foodborne outbreaks occuramong small groups of persons in a localized area. However, because many foods are distributed widely and rapidly, andbecause detection methods have improved, outbreaks that occur in multiple states and that even span the entire countryare being recognized with incre...

Objectives. Rainfall and runoff have been implicated in site-specific waterborne disease outbreaks. Because upward trends in heavy precipitation in the United States are projected to increase with climate change, this study sought to quantify the relationship between precipitation and disease outbreaks. Methods. The US Environmental Protection Agency waterborne disease database, totaling 548 re...

Introduction: Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is a decentralized districtbased system of weekly surveillance for communicable diseases, initiated in Jammu and Kashmir, India during 2006-2007. This article aims to evaluate its physical performance regarding prevention and management of disease outbreaks as well as strategic actions that promoted public health during the last dec...

Introduction: Norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis and foodborne disease in the United States, causing an estimated one in 15 U.S. residents to become ill each year as well as 56,000–71,000 hospitalizations and 570–800 deaths, predominantly among young children and the elderly. Whereas noroviruses often spread through person-to-person contact, foodborne transmission can cause...